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​Helping Working People Succeed By Protecting The Safety Net

It’s harder and harder for working Americans to get by these days, and it’s not by accident. This redistribution of wealth to the very top is squeezing the middle class out of existence. It’s weakening the foundations of our economy and our nation. We need to reinvest in the people who work hard to provide critical services that make America great.

Public Service Is A Dirty Job But Someone Has To Do It

Streets need cleaning. Families need care. Students deserve well-run schools, and our neighborhoods demand safety. That’s why people who work in public service never stop. This isn’t just a job. Nobody does this work to get rich. It’s hard work, and it’s largely unsung. The work matters because it means something to make a community better. In fact, it means everything.

Collective Bargaining For Working Maryland Families​

Collective bargaining is the negotiating process between management and unions to settle a variety of issues, including wages, hours, plant and safety rules, and grievance procedures. It's called "collective bargaining" because the union employees, collectively, are negotiating with management through union representatives. Each side is obligated by law to negotiate in good faith, which generally means openness and fairness.

If you are aN University employee, you need the union. Here's why...

WHO WE ARE

We are the people sweeping the hallways. We are the people cutting the grass. We are the people writing notes in offices. We are the people working to provide a safe and healthy community. We are people just like you.

Vision

Our vision is an efficient, dynamic, member-driven and diverse organization that supports and empowers public service employees. We achieve this through organization, training and education in all public forums and political levels with activism, integrity, pride and coalition-building. We build public support and trust. Our membership is inclusive in nature, seeking uniform fairness with strong ethical standards to protect public interests.

Mission

Our mission is to organize and empower individuals to create a powerful collective voice, respond to the needs and directions of the membership, achieve and maintain excellent wages, benefits and working conditions, ensure the union is a positive force in workers’ lives, families and communities.

Core Values

DEMOCRATIC: Membership-driven, members connected and essential to the process.

BETTERMENT OF WORKERS’ LIVES AND FAMILIES: Wages, benefits, working conditions, healthcare and safety.

Resolutions

​WHEREAS, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1072 is proud that our membership reflects racial, ethnic, sexual identity, and religious diversity;

​WHEREAS, although racism is hardly a new phenomenon in the United States, the Southern Poverty Law Center has recorded a significant spike in hate crimes since Donald Trump’s election, as well as violent gatherings of white supremacists, including the deadly events in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017

​WHEREAS, the wealthy and powerful have always used the politics of hate, division, and racism to divide us and weaken unions;

​WHEREAS, by forging interracial solidarity, we can win union contracts that will better our working conditions;

THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED that AFSCME Local 1072 condemns the racist, violent actions of Nazis, and white nationalists, and attendees of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017

LET IT FURTHER BE RESOLVED that AFSCME Local 1072 rejects in the strongest possible terms the ideology of white supremacy.

LET IT FURTHER BE RESOLVED that AFSCME Local 1072 mourns the murders that occurred on May 20th [2017] and August 12th [2017]and will continue to support actions that oppose those forces that brought about those deaths.

​LET IT FURTHER BE RESOLVED that AFSCME Local 1072 fully supports all counter-protesters who demonstrated against the hateful white supremacists who attended the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville.

​LET IT FURTHER BE RESOLVED that AFSCME Local 1072 recommits ourselves to the struggle for racial and economic justice, gender equality, and human and civil rights for all, and stands in solidarity with anyone who is fighting for the same.

JOIN THE UNION TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS

All workers benefit from unions, because unions set pay standards and workplace protections. Union members — workers like you — benefit most from the union's collective bargaining power to negotiate with employers on their behalf. This basic right gives you as a union member more power than if you tried to negotiate as an individual.

In ACTION

Union Membership Gives Strength in Numbers

You are in good hands with AFSCME 1072.

Being an AFSCME member doesn’t only get you an advantage at the bargaining table – it also gets you access to discounts and benefits through Union Plus that can help make life a little easier. The collective buying power of union members is also used by Union Privilege to negotiate consumer benefit programs for working families.